Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files is on a roll at the box office. The film crossed Rs 100 crore mark in just a week and now it is aiming to garner a total of Rs 175 crore by Monday. However, the film has had its share of controversies. Recently, it was reported that Agnihotri’s latest directorial venture was passed by the CBFC without any cuts and the director was also a part of the board. Responding to the allegations, the filmmaker has called it fake news.

THE KASHMIR FILES WAS NOT PASSED WITH ZERO CUTS!

On Saturday, March 19, it was claimed that The Kashmir Files film was passed by the censor board with zero cuts and it happened as Vivek Agnihotri was a member of CBFC. Today, March 20, Agnihotri took to Twitter to respond to the allegation and even shared a screenshot of a new piece that mentions that the film was given an ‘A’ certificate by CBFC with seven cuts.

Vivek Agnihotri wrote, “Please stop spreading fake news, like always. Take a little break. At least to respect the dead (sic).”

It is mentioned in the report that words like ‘Hindu’ and ‘Pandit’ were removed when they were associated with cuss words. The Board also changed the name of the university to ANU from JNU.

ABOUT THE KASHMIR FILES

The Kashmir Files tells the true story of brutal sufferings endured by Kashmiri Pandits in 1990, during the Kashmir insurgency. It is a true story, based on video interviews of the first generation victims of The Kashmir Genocide of Kashmiri Pandit Community. It’s a heart-wrenching narrative of the pain, suffering, struggle and trauma of Kashmiri pandits and questions eye-opening facts about democracy, religion, politics and humanity.

The Kashmir Files’ cast features Anupam Kher as Pushkarnath, Mithun Chakraborty as Brahma Dutt, Darshan Kumar as Krishna Pandit, Pallavi Joshi as Radhika Menon, Bhasha Sumbali as Shraddha Pandit and Chinmay Mandlekar as Farooq Malik aka Bitta, among others. The film is bankrolled by Tej Narayan Agarwal, Abhishek Agarwal, Pallavi Joshi and Vivek Agnihotri under the Zee Studios, IAmBuddha and Abhishek Agarwal Arts banners.

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